Sarah Cohodes
@cohodes.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy | co-editor Journal of Public Economics | affiliate NBER, J-PAL, and Blueprint
www.sarahcohodes.com
www.sarahcohodes.com
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
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ED is sticking close to an antiquated definition of professional programs that hasn't really mattered for decades for grad student loan access. A bit of good news: as my analysis of College Scorecard data shows, most nursing programs have average debt burdens below the new $100k limit.
Next generation of nurses at risk with proposed student loan caps
As nursing shortages hit an all-time high, new proposed borrowing limits by the Education Department could make it harder to pay for school.
www.usatoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
ED is sticking close to an antiquated definition of professional programs that hasn't really mattered for decades for grad student loan access. A bit of good news: as my analysis of College Scorecard data shows, most nursing programs have average debt burdens below the new $100k limit.
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Hi! I’m Mary and I’m on the #EconJobMarket this year.
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hi! I’m Mary and I’m on the #EconJobMarket this year.
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
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Excited to share that I'm writing a book: a history of the debates over funding public schools from the 1960's to now.
(Yes the working title is tongue in cheek.)
Now I just need to finish writing—stay tuned!
And if you want to follow my work, you can do so here: www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/...
(Yes the working title is tongue in cheek.)
Now I just need to finish writing—stay tuned!
And if you want to follow my work, you can do so here: www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Excited to share that I'm writing a book: a history of the debates over funding public schools from the 1960's to now.
(Yes the working title is tongue in cheek.)
Now I just need to finish writing—stay tuned!
And if you want to follow my work, you can do so here: www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/...
(Yes the working title is tongue in cheek.)
Now I just need to finish writing—stay tuned!
And if you want to follow my work, you can do so here: www.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/...
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I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
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Without breaking confidences, many of them noted how deeply this affected their lives -- driving them out of chosen fields of study, or just traumatizing them as they continued to navigate a male-dominated world, and their own relationships. Even if they escaped the worst, a psychic meat grinder.,
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Without breaking confidences, many of them noted how deeply this affected their lives -- driving them out of chosen fields of study, or just traumatizing them as they continued to navigate a male-dominated world, and their own relationships. Even if they escaped the worst, a psychic meat grinder.,
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
Good.
(Honestly, I’m shocked)
(Honestly, I’m shocked)
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Good.
(Honestly, I’m shocked)
(Honestly, I’m shocked)
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CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
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I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
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6/ Because the discredited, lame-duck Trump administration has no viable plan to actually shut down the Department of Education, they’re just going to pretend to, wasting taxpayer money and damaging program effectiveness in the process. It’s incredibly sad and dumb.
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
6/ Because the discredited, lame-duck Trump administration has no viable plan to actually shut down the Department of Education, they’re just going to pretend to, wasting taxpayer money and damaging program effectiveness in the process. It’s incredibly sad and dumb.
What a day to be a woman
Gonna go ruin some workplaces
Gonna go ruin some workplaces
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What a day to be a woman
Gonna go ruin some workplaces
Gonna go ruin some workplaces
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📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
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My statement on McMahon's plan to dismember the U.S. Department of Education.
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My statement on McMahon's plan to dismember the U.S. Department of Education.
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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I’m so glad this paper is making the rounds. And I hope it encourages faculty in particular to think about what they can do to help survivors graduate.
Everyone on campus has a role to play in reducing the harm of sexual misconduct.
Everyone on campus has a role to play in reducing the harm of sexual misconduct.
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m so glad this paper is making the rounds. And I hope it encourages faculty in particular to think about what they can do to help survivors graduate.
Everyone on campus has a role to play in reducing the harm of sexual misconduct.
Everyone on campus has a role to play in reducing the harm of sexual misconduct.
When we focus on the "brilliance" of unaccountable perpetrators, we are forgoing the brilliance of the young people deterred from their fields
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From the team that brought you the "Too Big To Fail" financial institutions, it's the "Too Brilliant To Be Held Accountable" men
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November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When we focus on the "brilliance" of unaccountable perpetrators, we are forgoing the brilliance of the young people deterred from their fields
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This is, shall we say, quite relevant at the moment!
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is, shall we say, quite relevant at the moment!
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Relevant now: "Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion."
The parlance in Econ that implies that gendered “preferences” that contribute to wage/major gaps come fully formed and not shaped by society is one of the things that motivated me to start this project
www.nber.org/papers/w34456
www.nber.org/papers/w34456
The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Relevant now: "Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion."
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How do I know that the next generation of economists will be impacted by how these institutions react?
"Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident." 🙃
#news #harvard #econsky
"Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident." 🙃
#news #harvard #econsky
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
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Banger of a new study #econtwitter #econsky shows exposure to a field-specific incidence of faculty sexual harassment ⬇️ degree completion in that discipline - for both men and women - 4 years later
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Banger of a new study #econtwitter #econsky shows exposure to a field-specific incidence of faculty sexual harassment ⬇️ degree completion in that discipline - for both men and women - 4 years later
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What a time for this to drop
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What a time for this to drop
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These women deserved lives completely of their own making, not Jeffrey Epstein's or the men he trafficked them to
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
These women deserved lives completely of their own making, not Jeffrey Epstein's or the men he trafficked them to
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My new faculty orientation in 2011 featured two messages: “get grants and don’t have sex with students.” I thought it was odd because both points seemed obvious, but as the Epstein emails suggest, for many academic men the later wasn’t nearly as obvious as it should have been.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My new faculty orientation in 2011 featured two messages: “get grants and don’t have sex with students.” I thought it was odd because both points seemed obvious, but as the Epstein emails suggest, for many academic men the later wasn’t nearly as obvious as it should have been.
Reposted by Sarah Cohodes
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Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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